Hello all. Yes, I m not dead - I ve been really busy with finishing University for good. Not that you care, but it just means I ve had a couple of things in my inbox for a bit that I should have posted but didn t.
Sorry.
Anyway, a little while ago you might have seen a clip for Smog, entitled by Sydney studio . Since then its been featured in onedotzero and the Ottawa Animation Festival 06 and will be screening in Resfest10 and the Bradford animation festival.
With good cause too, because it is a beautifully realized clip.
Recently I had a quick chat with Brendan Cook, one of the guys behind the clip and Design Director at pictureDRIFT, and he was kind enough to provide a bit of an insight into what went into making it:
The first real project we did together was a tvc for the national youth radio network in Australia called triple J (you can see this on the pictureDRIFT website). We developed a good working relationship on this project and have continued to work together since when a project comes up that we are both interested in.
Paul had all of these paintings that he had done for an exhibition in NY, He had about 700, and was a bit frustrated that they were sitting in a box after they had been shown. He thought they would make a great animated video but felt passionately that it had to be for just the right song, and if we committed to making it needed no outside interference from anyone other than ourselves. Paul knew Bill Callahan from Smog.
He really liked it so we continued on with it.
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